collaborations & wall art

the first recycled art frames i made were actually clocks that i put in frames with vintage chrome chain guards for the clock face and a square of rusted chain around the edge / more gluing was involved to put things together and i was just learning to weld / but i put things together like that even after i learned to weld and i still glue some today but, for the most part , everything's welded / after a year of using images and trying to put them under glass, i met filmmaker / photographer John Sheedy / he came up with a way to glue photos on to metal and we set out to make 10 frames for photos he had of vintage bicycles / we ended up with nine total but had an issue with one piece that ended up becoming a painting / the following photos are all but one of the original eight / this group was originally shown at the 2004 B.I.C.A.S. art auction

PHOTOGRAPHS

autocycle

one of the few pieces i've kept for myself,

parts collage inside of flattened & mitered rims, on display at the gallery at BICAS

( 44 W. 6th St. Tucson, Az. )

in the garden
this piece was stolen from Brooklyn Pizza (tucson) while on display in their dining room / but what can you say ~ who can resist all the derailleur squares i cut up to make a square around the matte of spokes with the awesome garden photo ~ but , what can you do

fox's place

first heavy frame with old school cranks and hammered flat rims

olivia

perfect blurred photo and also a true built wheel to impress all you bike shop folk out there

each spoke is cut and tightened to hold the photo matte in place

murray monarch

classics

this frame is also a built wheel and there are holes drilled into the metal square behind the photo and each spoke is cut to size and tightened to hold the photo's metal canvas in place / this frame also has a tires that has a tube that needs to be pumped up with air every now and again

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this piece was made for the 2005 B.I.C.A.S. Art Auction

it's the first frame using rusted bicycle parts / sepia photo is a street scene from China

photo by Barbara Seyda

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on the move

this piece was in the 2005 B.I.C.A.S. Art Auction

photo by Christine Schneider

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Climbing Swine

This piece was started in 2002, completed in 2009. The photo is by Chris Espenola. The frame is wood with a matte on glass technique, flattened rims for the main matte. Chain pins surrond the photo! The piece was in 2009 B.I.C.A.S Art Auction.

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PAINTINGS

this piece was made for the 2004 B.I.C.A.S. art auction

painted by Gavin Troy

riding with the river

this piece was in the 2006 B.I.C.A.S. Art Auction

painted by Gavin Troy

baja

this piece was for the 2007 B.I.C.A.S. Art Auction

painted by Gavin Troy

monsoon ride

this piece was in the 2008 B.I.C.A.S Art Auction

painted by Gavin Troy

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banderas de los muertos
this frame has an interesting history/ originally, this frame had a photo and was in the first group of frames with the other pieces i did with John Sheedy / the photo was damaged and there was no photo to replace it / when the 2005 B.I.C.A.S. Art Auction came around, i asked Matt Cotton to paint a frame and he made a painting of a float that i pulled in the 2005 & 2006 All Souls Processions / i was the grim reaper and i pulled a long float with banners that had names of people who died that year / it's currently on display at BICAS

march of the creatures

this is a piece for the 2007 B.I.C.A.S. art auction / i really like the shape of this and how the handlebars turn into fork ends

painted by Matt Cotton

close up

also a All Souls Procession theme

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gates pass

the painting & frame is 26" X 26"

2009

Painted by Titus Castanza

On display at the gallery in BICAS

( 44 W. 6th St. Tucson, Az. )

gates catus

this is a catus on the hill on the south side of gates pass rd.

6" x 8" frame & 5lbs.

painted by Titus Castanza

On display in the gallery at BICAS

( 44 W. 6th St. Tucson, Az. )

derailleur

piece for the 2007 B.I.C.A.S art auction / this frame is mostly made of springs from seats & brakes and seat rail clamps

painted by Titus Castanza

close up

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eva

this one is one of my favorites from the 2005 B.I.C.A.S. Art Auction / the frame started life as a typical glass frame / i gut everything , then cut and glue all the spokes (on the bias [angled] , i might add!) what's hard to see is the frame detail , the edges are all covered in inner tubes and the edging where the spoke and tubes meet is cable housing ~ add a super cool painting of a girl wearing bicycle glasses and there you go!

painting by Chiara Caballero

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untitled

this piece is from the 2004 B.I.C.A.S art auction

painted by Lauren Maglanga

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ride at midnight

this piece is from the 2004 B.I.C.A.S. art auction

painted by Marilyn Volkman

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WALL ART

this piece is also from the 2004 B.I.C.A.S. art auction / almost everything you see here is a bicycle part , this is a great example of the earliest style of work i did when i first started making recycled art frames / the badge is from a vintage Raleigh and the face of the frame is covered in toe straps , spokes & bearings

resistance

this piece is from the 2004 B.I.C.A.S. art auction / this is a piece i make with a spoke cutting machine , 1/2 of a pressed hub , some paint , some metal , and a bearing